Seamens Knife - Any info about this knife?

I just bumped into this knife on one of our Czech bushcrafting shops (I supply the link just because there are better photos than on the manufacturer's website, not to advertise Czech eshop in the US ):

I don't know anything about that model. But in general Sheffield has a good reputation. %1 carbon doesn't tell you much LOL. Most carbon steels are less than %1 to less than %2. I've owned some antique sheffields knives. I found them are the harder side. Took more effort to sharpen them.
Cheers Jim

I just bumped into this knife on one of our Czech bushcrafting shops (I supply the link just because there are better photos than on the manufacturer's website, not to advertise Czech eshop in the US ):

I cannot give any technical information about the steel used in that knife, Redneck Bear, but I have owned a Sheffield made Seaman's knife for 58 years, two knives in fact.
I believe the knife in your example differs only in that it has the latest blade shape, the materials and process are unchanged from the knives I have.

The one on the left is in the Green River style and was issued to me when I was 16 and the one on the right, with the different blade shape, I bought in the Port of Liverpool in 1962. That knife has the finger groves in the hard wood handle, although as you see I've covered them both with a thin cord whipping. Both knives were manufactured by Sheffield Knives and are of carbon steel and take an extremely good edge. If you buy one and look after it, you too will have the same knife in 58 years, and you will not regret buying it.

I cannot give any technical information about the steel used in that knife, Redneck Bear, but I have owned a Sheffield made Seaman's knife for 58 years, two knives in fact.
I believe the knife in your example differs only in that it has the latest blade shape, the materials and process are unchanged from the knives I have.

The one on the left is in the Green River style and was issued to me when I was 16 and the one on the right, with the different blade shape, I bought in the Port of Liverpool in 1962. That knife has the finger groves in the hard wood handle, although as you see I've covered them both with a thin cord whipping. Both knives were manufactured by Sheffield Knives and are of carbon steel and take an extremely good edge. If you buy one and look after it, you too will have the same knife in 58 years, and you will not regret buying it.

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Now those are knives with history! Glad to hear it's good quality, I may try getting one (I'll see next month about that).

OT: What cord (type, diameter) did you use for wrapping? And what about glue, please? I

Ah! That cord has been on there for half a Century at least...so all I can say about is that it is about 1/8 inch thick and is natural material, Hemp probably because it came from an old fashioned hand reel used by local Fisherman in the Port of Colombo, Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka). I traded a big tin of ship's Coacoa for a kind of square wooden frame with fathoms of the line on it. The locals used to sit on the dock and haul fish out on hand lines.

As for glue, none at all, the cord was laid on in the same way we used to put a common whipping on a rope's end, simply by tucking the end of the cord and hauling it taught.
Those knives are basic tools, well made of good materials but not fancy at all. The handle whipping was to provide a better grip for cold wet hands when working on deck or aloft.